Word Meanings - INSCIENCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Want of knowledge; ignorance.

IGNORANCE
A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. Book of Common Prayer. Invincible ignorance , ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God.
KNOWLEDGE
The last part is the Icel. suffix -leikr, forming abstract nouns, orig. the same as Icel. leikr game, play, sport, akin to AS. lac, 1. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance;
PREKNOWLEDGE
Prior knowledge.
ACKNOWLEDGE
1. To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. 2. To own
UNKNOWLEDGED
Not acknowledged or recognized. For which bounty to us lent Of him unknowledged or unsent. B. Jonson.
ACKNOWLEDGER
One who acknowledges.
SELF-IGNORANCE
Ignorance of one's own character, powers, and limitations.
FOREKNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.
DISACKNOWLEDGE
To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. South.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE
Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.
INTERKNOWLEDGE
Mutual knowledge or acquaintance. Bacon.
ACKNOWLEDGEDLY
Confessedly.